Responsible Budgeting is a new project by the Frontier Centre for Public Policy aimed at giving citizens a broader understanding of how provincial and territorial governments receive and spend money in relatable terms. In a time when many governments are hard-pressed...
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Rex Murphy calls on energy companies to stop apologising and be proud of their achievements
Broadcaster Rex Murphy gave a fantastic speech a few weeks ago to the Bennett Jones Lake Louise World Cup Business Forum. He gave a rousing speech calling on energy companies to stand up to the environmental lobby that wants to shut them down. "I am tired of the bowed...
More To Do In Saskatchewan
A recent report by the Fraser Institute on economic freedom across all 60 Canadian provinces and US states, has ranked Alberta first, and Saskatchewan right behind in second place. This news received significant media coverage in Saskatchewan and across North America...
Property Rights Video Clip
One of the projects I'm working on at Frontier is a new video clip about a company called GSI - Geophysical Service Incorporated. Joseph Quesnel, one of my colleagues, has written about GSI before. GSI conducts seismic surveys and then sells the data they collect...
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The Swedish Response to Covid-19 versus Canada
In a recent New York Times article, David Wallace Wells asked, “How did No-Mandate Sweden End up with such an average pandemic”. Let’s be clear. This admission from the New York Times, who tried to destroy the response to Covid-19, starting in April 2020 and...
Draconian, Anti-Science Measures During the Pandemic Has Led to Loss of Trust in Our Institutions
Candida Auris is a fungus that, unlike most fungi, can survive in a human body. It is capable of spreading within the body, resulting in an agonizing death. For unknown reasons the fungus is spreading at a rather alarming rate. So far, cases have been confined to long...
Saskatchewan Budget 2013
Well, the Saskatchewan Budget was released today and it was pretty boring, to be honest.
Saskatchewan Budget Tomorrow
All eyes will be on Saskatchewan tomorrow when the provincial government releases its annual budget.
Crown Corporations Interview
Tomorrow morning I will be on John Gormley’s show on Newstalk in Saskatchewan to talk about a new report we’re releasing calling for a review of the province’s Crown Corporations.
Public Private Partnerships In Regina
Last night I attended a Regina city council meeting where the usage of a Public Private Partnership for the construction, operation and maintenance of a new waste water treatment plant was discussed.
Saskatchewan Board Meeting
Today I’m back in Regina for a meeting of the Saskatchewan based board members of the Frontier Centre.
International Students for Liberty Conference 2013
This weekend I have been in Washington DC at the 2013 International Students for Liberty Conference.
John Kerry’s First Act
John Kerry's first act as the new US Secretary of State was to recognise today as Waitangi Day, a holiday back in my home in New Zealand....
Australian Invasion
This week I have an intern, Gen, from Australia working in the Saskatchewan Office with me.
Oil Confusion
Here’s 10 news headlines about oil from today, presented without any further comment – I’ll leave it to you to try and figure out what’s going on.